Swift began professional songwriting at age 14 and signed with Big Machine Records in 2005 to become a country singer. Under Big Machine, she released six studio albums, four of them to country radio, starting with her self-titled album in 2006. Her next, Fearless (2008), explored country pop, and its singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me" catapulted her to prominence. Speak Now (2010) incorporated rock influences, while Red (2012) experimented with electronic elements and featured Swift's first Billboard Hot 100 number-one song, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together". She departed from her country image with 1989 (2014), a synth-pop album supported by the chart-topping songs "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood". Media scrutiny inspired the hip-hop-flavored Reputation (2017) and its number-one single "Look What You Made Me Do".
After signing a new contract with Republic Records in 2018, Swift released the pop album Lover (2019) and autobiographical documentary Miss Americana (2020). She embraced indie folk and alternative rock on her 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore, explored chill-out styles on Midnights (2022), and re-recorded four of her first six albums as "Taylor's Versions" following a dispute with Big Machine. The albums and their number-one songs "Cardigan", "Willow", "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)", and "Anti-Hero" broke various records. In 2023, Swift embarked on the Eras Tour, her most expansive concert tour. She has also directed music videos and films such as All Too Well: The Short Film (2021).
Having sold over 200 million records globally, Swift is one of the best-selling musicians, the most-streamed female artist on Spotify, and the only act to have five albums with first-week sales of over one million copies in the US. She has been featured in listicles such as Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time, Billboard's Greatest of All Time Artists, the Time 100, and Forbes Celebrity 100. Among her accolades are 12 Grammy Awards, including three Album of the Year wins; a Primetime Emmy Award; 40 American Music Awards; 29 Billboard Music Awards; 23 MTV Video Music Awards; three IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year awards; and 101 Guinness World Records. Honored with titles such as Artist of the Decade and Woman of the Decade, Swift is an advocate for artists' rights and women's empowerment.
Internationally acclaimed rising star Mimi Webb has shared the official music video for her latest single, Mistake. Shot in southern California and directed by Jenna Marsh, the video comes amid her North American tour supporting Benson Boone on his Fireworks and Rollerblades Tour, and ahead of several major North American music festival appearances this summer. Watch the video here!
I am unsure if I know of any other music diva who needs three different actresses to play her, but Cher seems to have required that. We have not one, not two, but three Chers in this show. And do they trot on, do their part of life, and leave? Heck no! They all talk to each other, advise each other, and sing together all night long. It’s like the three musketCHERs or something!
Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts in partnership with the LGBT Network, and the Long Island LGBT Chamber of Commerce will present a series of SUMMER SUNDAY TEA DANCES. See the lineup!
Following yesterday's social media tease, BroadwayWorld can confirm Rachel Zegler (Steven Spielberg's West Side Story) and Kit Connor (Netflix's Heartstopper) will star as Juliet and Romeo respectively in a revival of William Shakespeare's most famous play on Broadway this fall.
Get ready for 11 days of theatrical discovery!
According to reports, the concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) reached number 8 on Nielsen's streaming list during its debut week. During its first few days on Disney+, the film accumulated a total of 677 million minutes, placed it at number 8 during the week of March 11 to 17.
This is Broadway Rave, a nightclub-based celebration of musical theater where showtunes are played by a DJ instead of an orchestra and sung, not by trained actors but by pretty much every person in attendance.
Universal Music Publishing Group has announced that legendary tenor Andrea Bocelli has been signed to an exclusive, global publishing agreement through UMPG's Classics & Screen department.
Acclaimed songwriter, musician and producer Lawrence Rothman’s new song, “Dreams Die Hard,” just debuted in addition to the official music video, directed by renowned director Floria Sigismondi. Dreams Die Hard is the latest track unveiled from Rothman’s anticipated new album, The Plow That Broke the Plains, which will be released April 26. Watch the video here!
London-based singer-songwriter Allman Brown has just released the new starry-eyed single 'Far Away' from his upcoming album. A song close to his heart, “Far Away” is about the curious existence of a life spent on the road; at times strange, others scintillating, and sometimes solitary too. Listen to the song here!
Older, the highly anticipated new album from singer, songwriter and producer Lizzy McAlpine is out today on RCA Records.
Grammy-winning global icon David Guetta keeps the smash hits coming with his new single “I Don’t Wanna Wait” alongside Grammy-nominated OneRepublic.
it was announced that Soho Playhouse will welcome a new musical this fall- Ghost of John McCain. Authored by Scott Elmegreen, with Drew Fornarola serving as composer and lyricist, Ghost of John McCain offers a unique psychological exploration of power, rivalry, and the human condition. Following the announcement, McCain's daughter, Meghan McCain, shared some thoughts on X about the show. The producers have since responded.
A new batch of shows to be staged at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been revealed. Learn more about the full lineup here!
SiriusXM announced that global superstar and 14-time GRAMMY winner Taylor Swift will have her own limited engagement exclusive SiriusXM channel - Channel 13 (Taylor's Version) - starting Sunday, April 7, 13 days ahead of her highly anticipated new album The Tortured Poets Department.
Join Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang for the Third Annual LAS CULTURISTAS CULTURE AWARDS at Kings Theatre on June 15.
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this April with a full slate of nightly performances! See who is performing and learn how to purchase tickets.
Get all the details about the upcoming jazz programming at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater running April 1st - April 14th.
The Divine Mrs S is a load of… silliness. And not in a positive way. Directed by Anna Mackmin, it’s difficult to say what the play means. Its raison d’être could be anything from a bid to have more parts for older actors to an attempt at showing the beginnings of female liberation. Very little happens. At nearly two hours and a half, the show is excessively long and dull to the degree that it could b
The Wiz is beginning previews on Broadway tonight, March 29, following its pre-Broadway national tour! Meet the cast of The Wiz here!
Taylor Swift has written 1 shows including Cats (Composer/Lyricist).
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